19 min
3. Dr Briony Neilson Podcasts from the bagne
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- History
The podcast where we discuss disease, contagion, confinement and isolation in France’s overseas penal colonies. This podcast is part of the Postcards from the bagne research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/R002452/1). Have a look at our project blog, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
In today’s episode we’re joined by Dr Briony Neilson from the Department of History at the University of Sydney. Briony is a specialist in the history of nineteenth-century criminal justice in France and in the history of the New Caledonian bagne. Her work has appeared in various academic journals, including the International Review of Social History and Crime, History & Societies and she has lectured in History and Criminology at various universities in Sydney. She maintains links with colleagues in France at the CNRS lab 'The Centre for the Digital Humanities and History of Justice' where she has been an invited scholar, and in 2020 she received of a grant from the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Embassy of France in Australia for research into the history of the New Caledonian penal colony and its connections to Australia
New Caledonia is a French Overseas territory in the Pacific that was used as a penal colony by the French between 1864 and 1897. During these 33 years, over 20 000 convicts were sent to the territory. In this episode, Briony places disease firmly at the heart of the New Caledonian penal colony and outlines how religion, race, morality and colonialism all intersected with the notion of disease and contagion. When Briony recorded this episode, I was struck by the similarities between historic and present-day discourse regarding disease management, including questions around border policing, poverty, and racial inequality. It’s a fascinating episode and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Briony is on Twitter @Briony_Neilson.
The podcast where we discuss disease, contagion, confinement and isolation in France’s overseas penal colonies. This podcast is part of the Postcards from the bagne research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/R002452/1). Have a look at our project blog, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.
In today’s episode we’re joined by Dr Briony Neilson from the Department of History at the University of Sydney. Briony is a specialist in the history of nineteenth-century criminal justice in France and in the history of the New Caledonian bagne. Her work has appeared in various academic journals, including the International Review of Social History and Crime, History & Societies and she has lectured in History and Criminology at various universities in Sydney. She maintains links with colleagues in France at the CNRS lab 'The Centre for the Digital Humanities and History of Justice' where she has been an invited scholar, and in 2020 she received of a grant from the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia and the Embassy of France in Australia for research into the history of the New Caledonian penal colony and its connections to Australia
New Caledonia is a French Overseas territory in the Pacific that was used as a penal colony by the French between 1864 and 1897. During these 33 years, over 20 000 convicts were sent to the territory. In this episode, Briony places disease firmly at the heart of the New Caledonian penal colony and outlines how religion, race, morality and colonialism all intersected with the notion of disease and contagion. When Briony recorded this episode, I was struck by the similarities between historic and present-day discourse regarding disease management, including questions around border policing, poverty, and racial inequality. It’s a fascinating episode and I hope you enjoy listening to it.
Briony is on Twitter @Briony_Neilson.
19 min